Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari
by K. A. Subramania Iyer | 1965 | 391,768 words
The English translation of the Vakyapadiya by Bhartrihari including commentary extracts and notes. The Vakyapadiya is an ancient Sanskrit text dealing with the philosophy of language. Bhartrhari authored this book in three parts and propounds his theory of Sphotavada (sphota-vada) which understands language as consisting of bursts of sounds conveyi...
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Verse 3.9.72
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.9.72:
啶嗋啷嵿ぐ啷�啶� 啶囙さ 啶曕ぞ啶侧じ啷嵿く 啶︵啶多啶い啷� 啶 啶膏啶掂ざ啶曕啶むた啶た啶� 啷�
啶す啷佮ぐ啷傕お啶膏啶� 啶ぞ啶掂啶粪 啶す啷佮ぇ啶� 啶む啶� 啶た啶︵啶い啷� 啷� 啷エ 啷�膩kr墨岣峚 iva k膩lasya d峁浥泍ate ya岣� sva艣aktibhi岣� |
bahur奴pasya bh膩ve峁 bahudh膩 tena bhidyate || 72 ||72. It is through the play of Time, having many powers, among the objects that it becomes diversified.
Commentary
[As objects depend upon Time, the latter plays with them as with toys, manifests them or suppresses them according to its will and in the process, assumes diversity such as present time, past time etc.]